SMG seeks transportation options after school bus thefts

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The company that runs the football stadium for the city is looking at other transportation options to shuttle it's staff from outlying parking lots to EverBank Field on game day.

SMG had a contract with 95 South Tours and Transportation to provide that service but the transportation company's owner has recently been arrested amid charges of stealing school buses.

Alphonso Rock, 44, was arrested on November 4 andcharged with stealing five school buses. Two of them were found at the Fairgrounds, being used to transport Florida-Georgia fans. At Rock's business on Lane Avenue North, police say three more stolen buses were found.

Police also found another bus with the vehicle identification number removed.

Two of the stolen buses were from Lowndes County, Georgia, one from First Student in Jacksonville according to police.

Police also found three stolen buses in Gainesville two days later, labeled 95 South Tours. Two of those were from Flagler County, a surveillance video shows the buses being driven off the property during the night.